SOLIDWORKS 2019 What’s New – File Shortcut Menu – #SW2019 This 2019 release of SOLIDWORKS PDM will have updates to accessibility to specific PDM functions, such as Check-In or Get Latest, throughout the vault. This blog will focus on the Right Mouse Click menu in specific tabs on the Window Explorer. In previous versions of SOLIDWORKS PDM, the File Shortcut Menu was only available in the Windows Explorer File View. This meant that right clicking on a file that you would find in areas such as the Where Used or BOM tabs gave you limited functionality. You couldn’t check these files out or move them through the workflow. To do […]

New functionality in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional 2019 is the introduction of Conditional Notifications in Workflows. Prior to the 2019 release of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, notifications would be sent to users (or groups of users) during a transition between states. While the you could make the recipients of the notification dynamic (selectable by the user performing the transition), there was not a way to define when to not send the notification at all. With 2019, in the Workflow editor, you can create a new type of notification called a Conditional Notification. Conditional Notifications work, like you may have guessed like Transition Conditions. The difference being that while Transitions Conditions are used […]

Just Released: DriveWorks 16 In DriveWorks 16 we’ve built on our extensive Design Automation capabilities, greatly enhanced our 3D capabilities and made sure DriveWorks is positioned as a powerful configurator and CPQ solution company-wide for manufacturing companies. This release focuses on enhancements to stability and performance, scalability and usability alongside new features. Many of the enhancements in DriveWorks 16 have come from customer suggestions. Thank you to everyone that has submitted requests & suggestions to suggest@driveworks.co.uk. Here’s just a few of the enhancements/new features in DriveWorks 16: Performance Enhancements Timers Insert position and mate in a SOLIDWORKS assembly Dynamic 3D Preview including Layout New Specification Tasks, Functions & Generation Tasks The DriveWorks […]

Ever since SOLIDWORKS Manage was introduced at our Design Innovation Summits last fall, People and companies have been interested in finding out more about this product. For those of you who attended one of our Design Innovation Summits, or have done some self-guided investigation, you are probably familiar with the 4 main Pillars of Manage. For those who are not, those Pillars are: Dashboards and Reports Project Management BOMS and Records Process Management In this blog post we will take a look at one area in Manage, the SOLIDWORKS Manage Dashboards. SOLIDWORKS Manage, along with it’s integration into PDM, provides a comprehensive tool to help you keep track of documents […]

When working on a new or existing DriveWorks project, SOLIDWORKS practices need to be considered as well. Unfortunately not everything can be fully determined prior to setting everything up, so changes are bound to happen, such as renaming SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies or drawings. Below is an outline that will allow you to rename your parts and assemblies without losing any information that was created or captured. Before we begin, make sure that SOLIDWORKS has the ability to rename parts from within the feature tree by enabling Tools > Options > System Options > FeatureManager > Allow component files to be renamed from FeatureManager tree. A full link to the instructions for renaming SOLIDWORKS files can be found here. http://help.solidworks.com/2017/english/solidworks/sldworks/HIDD_RENAME_COMP.htm […]

At SOLIDWORKS World 2012 in San Diego, California, Vice Chairman and CEO of Dassault Systems, Bernard Charles, introduced the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to the SOLIDWORKS community. Bernard explained the concept as “beyond PLM” connecting companies, users, and processes. The idea was introduced as a simple compass that represented the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Over the next 6 years, the SOLIDWORKS community has been slowly introduced to details about the platform, further explaining the vision of the 3DEXPERIENCE. This year at SOLIDOWKRS World 2018 was no exception. The introduction of SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE PLM Services on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform was unveiled by Milos Zupanski, Director or Product Portfolio Management, in one if the keynote presentations […]

As of November 11th, 2017, DriveWorks 15 sp2 is now officially available from the DriveWorks website! This release comes with many new updates and enhancements such as; Child Specification filters! The ability to use the Exact Number function in your rules! DriveWorks Live performance enhancements! DriveWorks Live security enhancements! and many more! Customers with a current subscription can download the software and view all of the release notes at https://hub.driveworks.co.uk/software/driveworks-pro/ or https://hub.driveworks.co.uk/software/driveworks-solo/. For information about the installation and upgrade process check out the help documents at http://docs.driveworkspro.com/Topic/Installation and http://help.driveworkssolo.com/Topic/Installation. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or contact your local value added reseller for assistance! Derek […]

Last year the InFlow team announced the development of the PDM Productivity Pack. This set of tools has been developed to enhance the capabilities of PDM Professional administrators, in any organization. The PDM Productivity Pack contains a set of utilities that have been developed by our team of PDM experts. The PDM Productivity Pack includes the following utilities; Advanced Notification, File Move Tool, BOM Export, Set Revision Add-in, Property Updater, and Folder Permission Manager. In this post, we will take a quick look at the powerful “Folder Permission Manager”. Have you ever tried setting folder permissions on a large set of PDM folders? Or my favorite; setting up an entire […]

There are some Unique aspects to Solidworks PDM in respect to other common software applications. One of those unique aspects is the “Local View”. This is written especially for those of you that are either new users of Solidworks PDM or responsible for installations or administration. What Is a Solidworks PDM Local View? Your Solidworks PDM Local View is an application mechanic that is rather unique compared to most applications. After the Solidworks PDM application is installed there is an additional utility called a “view setup” that must be run for the user to access files in a vault. Since vaults are singularly controlled entities, each vault will require its […]

We are pleased to announce the official release of DriveWorks 15 sp1! This release comes with many new updates and enhancements such as; Pack and Go will now copy specifications reports and re-reference included specifications! Better performance with high resolution (4K) monitors! Better control of in-context references! Updating group tables using an array are done in real time! Enhanced DriveWorks Pro Server connectivity handling! and many more! Customers with a current description can download the software and view all of the release notes here or view all the notes here (UK). For information about the installation and upgrade process check out the help documents here and more help documents here. If […]